Russ Nieli Writes About “Diversity’s” Dirty Little Secret
Jul 12, 2010 by George Leef |
Princeton's Russ Nieli has an illuminating essay on Minding the Campus entitled "How Diversity Punishes Asians, Poor Whites and Lots of Others." It absolutely knocks the stuffing out of the contention we hear so often from… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Do Student Evaluations Help Improve Education?
Jul 09, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, Professor Robert Weissberg argues that they're more likely to do the opposite. They tend to promote mediocrity and encourage at least some profs to pander to the students in order to get nice… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
You’ll Never Be a Success Without a College Degree
Jul 07, 2010 by George Leef |
That's what most people say, but the truth of the matter is that quite a few highly successful individuals never earned college degrees. Some of them have created great companies that ironically demand college degrees for jobs… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
Do Higher Education “Investments” Boost the Economy?
Jun 30, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Jay Schalin takes a look at the conventional wisdom that a sure-fire way for states or countries to boost their economies is by putting more resources into higher education. He concludes… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Missed Opportunity: Summer Readings for Incoming Freshmen
Jun 18, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center article, Jenna Robinson delves into the sad history of freshman summer reading programs. Unfortunately, the books that schools usually choose are either feel-good fluff or politically tendentious tracts.… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
The Avalanche of Useless Academic Research
Jun 16, 2010 by George Leef |
In this Chronicle article, Mark Bauerlein, Mohamad Gad-el-Hak, Wayne Grody, Bill McKelvey and Stanley Trimble discuss the vast outpouring of academic research that is mostly redundant and wasteful. No surprise there. We heavily… Continue Reading | 5 Comments >
How Dense are AAUW Members?
Jun 10, 2010 by George Leef |
The American Association of University Women Action Network is pushing for passage of an idiotic bit of federal meddling in the labor market, the Paycheck Fairness Act. We're told that this is "a man's issue, too" because… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
The Diversity Mania and Discrimination Against Asians
Jun 09, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, Roger Clegg addresses the question of discrimination against Asian students. Of course, selective colleges don't… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
College Degree No Guarantee of Prosperity
Jun 09, 2010 by George Leef |
This piece in The Chronicle reveals what many higher ed critics of known for years -- getting a college degree is no guarantee of prosperity. In fact, many Americans with degrees live in poverty. Those who keep saying that the… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
America Has Always Had a Rather High College Dropout Rate
May 19, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I comment on the recent AEI paper by Professor John Thelin, in which he shows that there was no "golden age" of higher ed in America when most students who enrolled completed their studies… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
What, Exactly, is “Diversity Training” About?
May 12, 2010 by George Leef |
In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, John Eick (our intern and a student at UNC-Chapel Hill) writes about his experience in a "Diversity 101" training session. Turns out that this amounted to nothing more than a bull session… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
College Doesn’t Seem to Make People More Economically Literate
May 07, 2010 by Daniel B. Klein , George Leef |
That's the conclusion authors Zeljka Buturovic and Daniel Klein reach from their analysis of Zogby polling data. I haven't read the article (in Econ Journal Watch) yet, but will probably have more to say after I have.
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UNC’s “Economic and Social Justice” Minor
May 05, 2010 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, Jay Schalin writes about the "Economic and Social Justice" minor offered at UNC-Chapel Hill. Unfortunately, the minor is the brainchild of a far-left professor who wants to turn out students… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
My Thoughts on CLS v. Martinez
Apr 30, 2010 by George Leef |
Should campus groups be able to limit membership only to those who share a set of beliefs? Put it that way and the matter seems pretty innocuous. Ah, but if you state that in a pejorative way -- should they be allowed to discriminate… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Obama’s Foolish New Student Loan Forgiveness Policy
Apr 28, 2010 by George Leef |
Recently, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that the new policy of forgiving student loan debts for those who "follow their heart" and enter public sector employment will do wonders for the U.S. In this week's Pope Center… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
